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Christmas Issues

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Marc Schmatjen
Dec 27, 2012
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Christmas can be a challenging time for a dad. There are the physical events, like tree wrestling and overhead decoration storage box lifting. Then there are the mental events, like light string outage troubleshooting and trying to keep all the lies straight about Santa Claus.

“I want a Wii for Christmas.”

“Sorry, son, Wiis are too expensive.”

“No prob…

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